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Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Copperwood
Session Chair:
Angela Chambers
Alternate Chair:
Marsha Henley
Session Organizer:
Douglas G. Bowen
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Preliminary Chlorine Worth Study Benchmark Evaluation
1:00–1:20PM MST
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL)
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ORNL Neutron Cross Section Measurements of 90Zr
1:20–1:40PM MST
Klaus Guber (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Carlos Paradela (EC-JRC Geel), Stefan Kopecky (EC-JRC Geel), Jan Heyse (EC-JRC Geel), Peter Schillebeeckx (EC-JRC Geel)
Four New Plutonium Thermal Epithermal eXperiments (TEX) Critical Configurations Optimized to Test Thermal Scattering Laws
1:40–2:00PM MST
C.M. Percher (LLNL), M.A. Lee (C.S. Engineering), R.G. Sanchez (LANL), T.J. Grove (LANL), J.M. Goda (LANL)
Presented by Jesse Norris (LLNL)
TEX-HEU: Baseline Assemblies Benchmark and Results, HEU-MET-MIXED-021
2:00–2:20PM MST
Jesse Norris (LLNL), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL)
Design of Critical Experiments Targeting Epithermal Cross Sections of Tantalum
2:20–2:40PM MST
David E. Ames (Sandia), Gary A. Harms (Sandia), Elijah Lutz (Sandia)
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